neiltus
08/30/2016, 07:51 PM
Getting back in the hobby after a few years. Have a 72g DT through cycle with CUC and quite a few inverts that came in with the TBS rock.
Pickup up a 10 gallon this week to have a QT tank. Plan to run an air stone in a foam filter, a 50w eheim heater, and have a few PVC elbows. I plan on water changes and using prime to keep NH3/4 at good levels. I don't intend on cycling this tank, nor keeping it up and running between uses. I plan on disposing of the foam filter after QT and putting no more than 2 small fish in it at one time.
I don't plan on medicating with copper unless I get to a point where I have to.
I have Formalin MS coming. I do plan on doing TTM (5 gallon buckets) with Prazi in possibly the 2/3 steps of the TTM. After TTM I will do a 4 week observation in the QT.
Questions:
1) Should I Formalin dip all newcomers either before TTM? While I have never done this, I am comfy with it, have respirators, and have read up on how to do it. I am just on the fence as to if it's overkill with the forthcoming Prazi dosing.
2) Should I do a third dose/exposure of Prazi while in the QT say at day 6 after entry?
3) Suggestions on what I am missing?
Appreciate your time and thoughts...
Pickup up a 10 gallon this week to have a QT tank. Plan to run an air stone in a foam filter, a 50w eheim heater, and have a few PVC elbows. I plan on water changes and using prime to keep NH3/4 at good levels. I don't intend on cycling this tank, nor keeping it up and running between uses. I plan on disposing of the foam filter after QT and putting no more than 2 small fish in it at one time.
I don't plan on medicating with copper unless I get to a point where I have to.
I have Formalin MS coming. I do plan on doing TTM (5 gallon buckets) with Prazi in possibly the 2/3 steps of the TTM. After TTM I will do a 4 week observation in the QT.
Questions:
1) Should I Formalin dip all newcomers either before TTM? While I have never done this, I am comfy with it, have respirators, and have read up on how to do it. I am just on the fence as to if it's overkill with the forthcoming Prazi dosing.
2) Should I do a third dose/exposure of Prazi while in the QT say at day 6 after entry?
3) Suggestions on what I am missing?
Appreciate your time and thoughts...